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1. Decide on the location for the speaker (see Speaker Placement, 

    on page 5).

2. Attach the center speaker wall-mount bracket to the wall using 

    hardware that is appropriate for the wall’s construction and 

    materials. Attach the anchors through the holes shown in 

    the illustration.

Use These Holes

to Attach Bracket

to Wall

3. Connect the speaker wire to the speaker terminals. Press down on 

    the top of the terminal to open the connection hole, insert the 

    wire’s bare end all the way into the hole and release the terminal   

    to secure the wire. Insert the conductor with the colored band into 

    the speaker’s red ( + ) terminal, and insert the other conductor 

    into the speaker’s black ( – ) terminal, as shown in the illustration.

NOTE: The center speaker weighs 3.3 lb (1.5kg). Be sure to use 

hardware that can support this weight.

CAUTION: Before making speaker connections, be sure that your 

receiver or amplifier is turned OFF and preferably, its AC cord is 

unplugged from the AC power source.

A. Push Down on Cap

     to Open Hole

B. Insert Bare Wire

     into Open Hole

C. Release Cap

     to Secure Wire

Important: Make sure the ( + ) and ( – ) bare wires do not touch each 

other or the other terminal. Touching wires can cause a short circuit 

that can damage your receiver or amplifier.

4. Using two of the supplied screws, attach the center speaker to 

    the wall-mount bracket, as shown in the illustration.

Supplied Screws

Wall-Mount

Bracket

Speakers and receivers/amplifiers have corresponding ( + ) and ( – ) 

connection terminals. Most electronics manufacturers, including 

Harman Kardon, use red to denote the ( + ) terminal and black for the 

( – ) terminal. Newer Harman Kardon receivers conform to the CEA 

standard and therefore use a color other than red to denote 

the ( + ) terminal for some speaker positions. See the table in 

Color-Coding System, on page 5.

Each speaker wire included with your system has colored bands at 

both ends of the ( + ) conductor, and the subwoofer cable has purple 

connectors that correspond to the color of the HKTS200SUB’s LFE 

jack. This system helps ensure that the speaker in each location is 

connected to the correct receiver or amplifier terminals. In addition to 

the colored bands at each end, each speaker wire’s ( + ) terminal has 

ribs molded into its insulation to help identify it. 

It is very important to connect each speaker identically: ( + ) on the 

speaker to ( + ) on the receiver or amplifier, and ( – ) on the speaker 

to ( – ) on the receiver or amplifier. Miswiring one or more speakers 

results in thin sound, weak bass and a poor stereo image. With the 

advent of multichannel surround-sound systems, connecting all of the 

speakers in your system correctly is very important to achieving the 

proper ambience and directionality of the program material.

CAUTION: Before making speaker connections, be sure that your 

receiver or amplifier is turned OFF and preferably, its AC cord is 

unplugged from the AC power outlet.

To connect the speaker wire to the terminals on the satellite and

center speakers, press down on the top of the terminal to open the 

connection hole, insert the wire’s bare end all the way into the hole 

and release the terminal to secure the wire. Insert the conductor with 

the colored band into the speaker’s red ( + ) terminal, and insert the 

other conductor into the speaker’s black ( – ) terminal, as shown in 

the illustration.

IMPORTANT: Make sure the ( + ) and ( – ) bare wires do not touch 
each other or the other terminal. Touching wires can cause a short 
circuit that can damage your receiver or amplifier.

A. Push Down on Cap

     to Open Hole

B. Insert Bare Wire

     into Open Hole

C. Release Cap

     to Secure Wire

Connecting Satellite Speakers with Supplied Bases
1. Remove the speaker’s base (see Shelf 
    Placement, on page 5).
2. Pass the speaker wire through the opening 
    in the speaker base.
3. Connect the speaker wire as described above.
4. Reattach the speaker’s base as shown in 
    the illustration.

 

Follow the instructions in Wall-Mounting: Satellite Speakers, on page 5, 
and Wall-Mounting: Center Speaker, opposite.

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